Sezer YaÅŸar

Biography

Sezer Yasar obtained his B.Sc. and M.Sc. degrees in Economics from the Middle East Technical University in 2007 and 2010, respectively. He took his Ph.D. degree in Economics from Johns Hopkins University in 2017.

Research Interest

In his research, he mainly focuses on the effects of political constraints on fiscal policy. In particular, he is interested in governments' budgeting rules. He aims to analyze how budgeting rules are determined and their effects on the size and composition of government spending. Currently, he is investigating the level of detail of a government's budget with a theoretical approach. Considering a budget's level of detail as a determinant of the executive versus legislative control over the budget, he is analyzing its relation with different preferences for public goods in a society.